worship Shiva as the supreme being. The followers of Shaivism are called Shaivas or Shaivites, numbering about 385 million people, across South Asia predominantly...

Shaiva Siddhanta (IAST: Śaiva-siddhānta) (Tamil: சைவ சித்தாந்தம் "Caiva cittāntam") is a form of Shaivism from South India and Sri Lanka that propounds...

umbrella-term for a body of Sanskrit exegetical literature of non-dual Shaiva-Shakta tantric and monistic religious traditions from Kashmir, "principally...

architectural component of Shaiva temples. The Kamikagama (c. 6th-8th century CE), one of the earliest and most influential Shaiva Siddhanta Agamas, prescribes...

Bhattacharyar or Bhattar. Brahmins who serve as priests in temples following the Shaiva Siddhanta tradition and perform pujas are offered a distinct category classified...

realities (dualism, dvaita), are the foundational texts for Shaiva Siddhanta. Other Shaiva Agamas teach that these are one reality (monism, advaita), and...

texts are in Sanskrit and Tamil. The three main branches of Agama texts are Shaiva, Vaishnava and Shakta. The Agamic traditions are sometimes called Tantrism...

The Shaiva Upanishads are minor Upanishads of Hinduism, specific to Shiva theology (Shaivism). There are 14 Shaiva Upanishads in the Muktika anthology...

the 5th chapter (also known as Namakam) verse 41. In Siddha Shaivism and Shaiva Siddhanta Shaivism traditions, Namah Shivaya is considered as Pancha Bodha...

He is one of the central characters of the Ramayana. According to the Shaiva tradition, he is also an incarnation of Shiva. The Hanuman Chalisa praises...

Tiruñāṉacampantar), was a Shaiva poet-saint of Tamil Nadu who lived sometime in the 7th century CE. According to the Tamil Shaiva tradition, he composed...

spellings; Sanskrit: परशिव, IAST: Paraśiva) is the highest aspect of Shiva in Shaiva Siddhanta and in Kashmir Shaivism. Below him are the primordial Shiva with...

Shaiva canonical works. Sekkilar compiled and wrote the Periya Puranam or the Great Purana in Tamil about the life stories of the sixty-three Shaiva Nayanars...

direct, personal experience of the divine. Lingayats are considered as a Shaiva tradition or Sampradaya (sect). Lingayatism is generally considered a Hindu...

twelve-volume collection Tirumurai, a Shaiva narrative of epic and Puranic heroes, as well as a hagiographic account of early Shaiva saints set in devotional poetry...

wild boar at the bottom representing Vishnu as Varaha. This reflects the Shaiva legend describing a competition between Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu, as to who...

key texts of Shaiva Siddhanta and the first known Tamil work to use the term. The Tirumantiram is the earliest known exposition of the Shaiva Agamas in Tamil...

historical evidence suggests that these Shaiva monks were active in Shaiva theosophical scholarship and the spread of Shaiva ideas in north and west India till...

various Gurav subgroups, it is the Shaiva Gurav who are most respected by the people of Maharashtra. As they belongs to Shaiva category. The members of this...

tremendous among Shaiva scholars and Kulothunga Chola II that it was included as the 12th Tirumurai. Tirumurai along with Vedas and Shaiva agamas form the...

known as Devara Sthalams, are 276 temples that are revered in the verses of Shaiva Nayanars in the 6th-9th century CE. The Divya Desams by comparison are the...

are used by the Śaiva Siddhāntins, and thus are sometimes referred to as Shaiva Siddhanta Tantras, or Śaiva Siddhānta Āgamas. Tantra are mainly two types:...

monastic and martial akharas.[citation needed] Within the Shaiva sadhus are many subgroups. Most Shaiva sadhus wear a Tripundra mark on their forehead, dress...

Shaivism. Veerashaivism is thought to be an evolution of the Kalamukha Shaiva Jiyar tradition. Panchacharya means five sages, referring to Renukacharya...

Kaushiki (Sanskrit: कौशिकी, romanized: Kauśikī, lit. 'woman of the cell',) is a Hindu goddess, a deity who emerged from the sheath of Parvati. She was...

who contributed to the Shaiva Siddhanta school of Shaivism. His literary work known as Śiva Jñāna Bodham (in Tamil) on Shaiva Siddhanta has enjoyed great...

of the Vaishnava tradition) and sixty-three Nayanars (poet-saints of the Shaiva tradition) are regarded as exponents of the bhakti tradition of Hinduism...

The Jangam or Jangamuru or veerashaiva Jangam a Shaiva order of religious monks. They are the priests (Gurus) of the Veerashaiva or Lingayatism, and are...

popular legend, after being rejected by Vaishnava scholars for being a Shaiva, he wandered aimlessly until he met a sage who advised him to worship the...

compiler of the Periya Puranam, a text recounting the life of the sixty-three Shaiva Nayanars. Sekkilhar was born as Arulmozhithevan, meaning the one of the...

poet-saint of Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta tradition of Hinduism. He is among the Tevaram trio, and one of the most prominent Nayanars, the Shaiva bhakti (devotional)...

the base of the spine, in the Muladhara. It is an important concept in Śhaiva Tantra, where it is believed to be a force or power associated with the...

or Navukkarasar, was a seventh-century Tamil Shaiva poet-saint. Born in a peasant Shaiva family, raised as an orphan by his sister, he lived about...

"Kashmir Shaivism". While Trika draws from numerous Shaiva texts, such as the Shaiva Agamas and the Shaiva and Shakta Tantras, its major scriptural authorities...

that it was considered to be an important text in the schools of Kashmir Shaiva philosophy and Trika. The list of manifestations of Lord Bhairava: Batuka...

Vithoba. Another theory suggests that Vithoba may initially have been a Shaiva god (related to Shiva), only later identified with Vishnu, thus explaining...

त्रिपुण्ड्र tripuṇḍra "three marks") is a Hindu Shaivite tilaka, worn by Shaivas as an indication of their affiliation with Shiva. It is also one of the...

the internal potency of illusion of the preserver deity, Vishnu. In some Shaiva traditions, she accompanies Virabhadra, a form of Shiva, as manifestations...

Epics and the Five Minor Epics. In the early medieval period, Vaishnava and Shaiva literature became prominent following the Bhakti movement in the sixth century...

practices, terms, rituals and more form Shaiva tantras. He argues that Buddhist texts even directly copied various Shaiva tantras, especially the Bhairava Vidyapitha...

written and directed by Sriraj. The film stars Pruthvi Ambaar and Kavya Shaiva. The film was released on 1 August 2025 to mixed reviews. The film faced...

The scripture belongs to the Shaiva sect, which worships Shiva, and is associated with the Samaveda, and is one of 14 Shaiva Upanishads. It is told as a...

believed to be the spiritual offspring of the celestial wind-god Vayu. In Shaiva tradition, he is regarded as an incarnation of Shiva, while in most of the...

Others Schools Ati marga Pashupata Kalamukha Mantra marga Saiddhantika Shaiva Siddhanta Non - Saiddhantika Kapalika Kaula Aghori Trika Kubjika Kashmir...

Vishnu Bhagavata Naradiya Garuda Padma Vamana Varaha Purana Kurma Matsya Shaiva puranas Shiva Linga Skanda Vayu Agni Shakta puranas Devi Bhagavata Itihasa...

Samartha Sampradaya Bishnoi Sampradaya Matua Mahasangha There are three main Shaiva sampradayas known as "Kailasa Parampara" (Lineage from Kailash)- Nandinatha...

are tantric lineages in all main forms of modern Hinduism, such as the Shaiva Siddhanta tradition, the Shakta sect of Shri Vidya, the Kaula, and Kashmir...

name for Shiva. The region abounds in emblems and aniconic forms of the Shaiva sect of Shiva, much more than those of the Vaishnava sect. The western part...

philosophy they adhere to. Most akharas are Vaishnavas (devotees of Vishnu) and Shaivas (devotees of Shiva) but there are also Udasi and Nirmala akharas. The group...

Nakulisa Shaiva Siddhanta, the theistic Sankhya school Pratyabhijña, the recognitive school of Kashmir Shaivism, Trika Raseśvara, a Shaiva school that...

called Nath (Sanskrit: नाथसम्प्रदाय, romanized: Nāthasaṃpradāya), are a Shaiva sub-tradition within Hinduism in India and Nepal which emerged in the 12th...

Purana (Sanskrit: शिवरहस्यपुराणम्; śiva rahasya purāṇa) is one of the 'Shaiva Upapuranas' or ancillary Purana regarding Shiva and Shaivite worship and...

from between the 10th and 12th centuries, and draw inspiration from Hindu Shaiva tantras. She appears as the consort of Padma Thotreng Tsal, and of Cakrasaṃvara...

Skandamalai with a south facing single entrance. The rock-cut monument façade has Shaiva bas-reliefs to the left and right before the entrance. They are in minimalist...

Saiva or Shaiva may refer to: Saiva is a genus of Asian lanternbugs, family Fulgoridae. Saiva kurukkals redirects to Vellalar, which were the nobility...

Vishnu and his avatars, such as Rama and Krishna as Parameshvara, while Shaivas consider Shiva as Parameshvara. In Shaktism, he plays a supporting role...

advisors of the Rajputs.  There are two primary sects among the Gosavis: Shaiva and Vaishnava. The members of Dashnami Sect, believed to be the first brahmanical...

divine spear associated with Murugan, the Hindu god of war. According to Shaiva tradition, the goddess Parvati presented the Vel to her son Kartikeya (also...

Vaishnavism and Shaktism themes are presented in the carvings at the temple. The Shaiva iconography includes a dancing Nataraja, Ardhanarishvara (half Shiva, half...

avatar and got killed by him, which is also mentioned in epic Mahabharata. Shaivas believe that Shiva assumed the form of Dakshinamurti, the great teacher...

the mahasiddhas cited in the Buddhist literature are comparable with the Shaiva Nath saints (Gorakshanath and Matsyendranath) who practiced Hatha Yoga....

14°N latitudes. The presiding deities are revered in the 7th century Tamil Shaiva canonical work, the Tevaram, written by Tamil saint poets known as the Nayanars...

permits. Vishishtadvaita shares structural similarities with Shaiva Siddhanta, a school of Shaiva theology from South India. Both are realist, pluralistic...

Sadashiva (Sanskrit: सदाशिव, Sadāśiva), is the Supreme Being in the Shaiva Siddhanta tradition of Hinduism. Sadasiva is the omnipotent, subtle, luminous...

is one of 14 Shaiva Upanishads. The Upanishad is a discourse by Kalagni Rudra (Shiva) to sage Sanatkumara on the Tripundra, the Shaiva sectarian tilaka...

In later literature, Sharabha is described as an eight-legged deer. The Shaiva scriptures narrate that the deity Shiva assumed the form of Sharabha to...

counterpart of Paramshiva—an epithet for the ultimate form of Shiva in Shaiva Siddhanta and Kashmiri Shaivism. Parashakti is the power of this primordial...

philosopher who taught the pursuit of an ethical life and the theology of Shaiva Siddhanta. He is also worshipped in Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia (notably in...

the distinctive features of the Kāpālika tradition. Some of the Kāpālika Shaiva practices are found in Vajrayana Buddhism, and scholars disagree on who...

prominence through the poems and teachings of the Vaishnava Alvars and Shaiva Nayanars in early medieval South India, before spreading northwards. It...

Tamil saint and poet who wrote Thiruvasagam and Thirukkovaiyar, books of Shaiva hymns. Tamil scholars and researchers share that he was a minister to the...

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interpreted by researchers as indicating early forms of Shiva or proto-Shaiva worship. Archaeologist Gregory Possehl identified at least eighteen examples...

Utpaladeva (c. 900–950 CE) was a Shaiva tantrik philosopher, theologian and poet from Kashmir. He belonged to the Trika Shaiva tradition and is a thinker of...

Yoga. Some Shaivas worship in temples, while others emphasise yoga, striving to be one with Shiva within. Avatars are uncommon, and some Shaivas visualise...

consisting of over 3000 verses, forms a part of the key text of the Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta compilation called the Tirumurai. The dates of Tirumular's life...

is a regional form of Krishna, sometimes as an avatar of Vishnu. To some Shaiva and Shakta Hindus, he is a symmetry-filled tantric form of Bhairava, a fierce...

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Christmas. He was one of Shaivism's Gurus, the founder and leader of the Shaiva Siddhanta Church. He is part of the guru lineage of the Sri Lankan Alaveddy...

the Koyil Puranam. The symbolism has been interpreted in classical Indian Shaiva Siddhanta texts such as Unmai Vilakkam, Mummani Kovai, Tirukuttu Darshana...

Sudhir Balraj: Actor, best known as Cockroach Sudhir in Tagaru. Kavya Shaiva: Actress mainly works in kannada television and cinema, best known for Kenda...

(Verses on the Heart of Madhyamaka) Kallata's Spandakārikā, a Kashmiri Shaiva work Īśvarapratyabhijñākārikā of Utpaladeva www.wisdomlib.org (2024-09-24)...

themselves and their true self always with god". Major traditions include the Shaiva who worship the god Shiva; the Vaishnava who worship the god Vishnu (or...

Tantrasara texts have been inserted by taking the essence of Tantra texts of Shaiva, Ganapathi, Shakta, Vaishnavism and Solar community. Harding, Elizabeth...

wish-yielding tree). The presiding deity is revered in the 7th-century Tamil Shaiva canonical work, the Tevaram, written by Tamil saint poets known as the Nayanars...

Bhedabheda Mahanubhava Ekasarana Dharma Akshar Purushottam Darshan Shaivite Shaiva Siddhanta Pratyabhijna Panchartika Pramanavada Shakti Vishishtadvaita Shiva...

to rescue Aniruddha, Shiva and Kartikeya rushed to guard the city of the Shaiva asura, Bana. Krishna's Sharanga and Shiva's Pinaka were used against each...

their culture and performed by men and women. Kalbelias belong to the Nath Shaiva sect and are followers of Sage Kanifnath, who according to a legend, drank...

Guruparamparai prabhavams tell of his meeting with Thirugnana Sambandhar, a Shaiva saint, who went to meet Thirumangai on his own and invited Thirumangai to...

(Shiva's elephant-headed son and wisdom god). Varahi is worshipped by Shaivas, Vaishnavas and Shaktas. Varahi is worshipped in the Sapta-Matrikas group...

ganitrus. These seeds are used as prayer beads for Hindus (especially Shaivas) and Buddhists. When they are ripe, rudraksha stones are covered by a blue...

Thirunaraiyur Nambiyandar Nambi was an eleventh-century Shaiva scholar of Tamil Nadu in South India who compiled the hymns of Sambandar, Appar and Sundarar...

Bhedabheda Mahanubhava Ekasarana Dharma Akshar Purushottam Darshan Shaivite Shaiva Siddhanta Pratyabhijna Panchartika Pramanavada Shakti Vishishtadvaita Shiva...

Others Schools Ati marga Pashupata Kalamukha Mantra marga Saiddhantika Shaiva Siddhanta Non - Saiddhantika Kapalika Kaula Aghori Trika Kubjika Kashmir...

a Shavite philosophical text from Kurma Purana. It follows the earliest Shaiva doctrine of the Vedic mahapashupata school with its scripture Atharvashiras...

rule in India, from the 12th century through the British Raj, parts of the Shaiva (Gossain) and Vaishnava (Bairagi) ascetics metamorphosed into a military...

Yoganidrā appears in the Devīmāhātmya. Yoga nidra is linked to meditation in Shaiva and Buddhist tantras, while some medieval hatha yoga texts use "yoganidra"...

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Yoga tradition founded around the 11th century. They usually belong to the Shaiva tradition, but some Natha belong to the Vaishnava tradition. Either way...

Bhedabheda Mahanubhava Ekasarana Dharma Akshar Purushottam Darshan Shaivite Shaiva Siddhanta Pratyabhijna Panchartika Pramanavada Shakti Vishishtadvaita Shiva...

Traditions Shaiva Siddhanta Pashupata Shaivism Kapalika Aghori Kaula Trika Shaivism Veera Shaivism Siddha Siddhanta Shiva Advaita Shaiva Smartas Festivals...

a Shaiva guru and initiating members into Shaiva Siddhanta scriptures and mandalas. The Samvara tantra texts adopted the pitha list from the Shaiva text...

ancient Sangam literature. Most of the Tamil Hindus are followers of the Shaiva Siddhanta branch of Shaivism, Vaishnavism, and Shaktism. Many Tamils of...

Shuddhadvaita Vishishtadvaita Navya-Nyāya Sikh Philosophy Shaiva Pratyabhijna Pashupata Shaivism Shaiva Siddhanta Modern Integral yoga Gandhism Radical Humanism...

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were primarily intended to propagate this faith. He was a well acclaimed Shaiva poet. The trio of Nanne Choda, Mallikarjuna Panditaradhya and Palkuriki...

Mahadevi (Sanskrit: महादेवी, IAST: Mahādevī), also referred to as Devi, Mahamaya and Adi Parashakti, is the supreme goddess in Hinduism. According to the...

including Shiva, Vishnu, Vinayaka, and Durga are housed. The temple follows Shaiva tradition of worship, with six daily rituals. The Kantha Sashti festival...

undisturbed and for seven years (1926-1933), he continued to study Sanskrit and Shaiva philosophy under the guidance of scholar Pandit Maheshwar Nath Razdan. Although...

Hinduism. Shaivism and Shaktism traditions are difficult to separate, as many Shaiva Hindus revere the goddess Shakti regularly. The denominations of Hinduism...

constitutes the eighth volume of the Tirumurai, the sacred anthology of the Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta. Legend has it that Manikkavasakar was appointed as minister by...

In modern Tamil Shaiva tradition, Jyoti is sometimes considered to be the personification of the female principle, an embodied representation of the vel...

also still unclad, continued copulating. Mohini plays a lesser role in a Shaiva legend in the Skanda Purana. Here, Vishnu as Mohini joins Shiva to teach...

Bhedabheda Mahanubhava Ekasarana Dharma Akshar Purushottam Darshan Shaivite Shaiva Siddhanta Pratyabhijna Panchartika Pramanavada Shakti Vishishtadvaita Shiva...

Nayanar") was a bhakti poet-musician and religious teacher of the Tamil Shaiva tradition in medieval south India, and is counted among the sixty-three...

other two (Kubjikā and Trika) are usually identified as Shaiva sects along with other Kashmiri Shaiva traditions. Dyczkowski, M. S. (1989). The canon of the...

language. This Hindu text is attached to the Atharvaveda, and is one of 14 Shaiva Upanishads. It describes the process of producing Vibhuti (Bhasma), or sacred...

Piraisoodi Amman. The presiding deity is revered in the 7th-century Tamil Shaiva canonical work, the Tevaram, written by Tamil saint poets known as the nayanars...

initially a patron of Jainism, but he converted to the Shaiva tradition under the influence of the Shaiva saint Appar. According to Divyacharitam, a Sanskrit...

Bhedabheda Mahanubhava Ekasarana Dharma Akshar Purushottam Darshan Shaivite Shaiva Siddhanta Pratyabhijna Panchartika Pramanavada Shakti Vishishtadvaita Shiva...

contains some of the first defenses of idealism, such as in Vedanta and in Shaiva Pratyabhijña thought. These systems of thought argue for an all-pervading...

Traditions Shaiva Siddhanta Pashupata Shaivism Kapalika Aghori Kaula Trika Shaivism Veera Shaivism Siddha Siddhanta Shiva Advaita Shaiva Smartas Festivals...

titles, among which eight are significant to the conceptualization in the Shaiva tradition. Rudra's identification with Shiva was put in writing for the...

(Rudra) and other Shaiva deities to a subordinate position under the Buddhist deities (which took their form) and explained the usage of Shaiva elements by...

perspective of Shaiva Vaishnava philosophies. Puranas which are more inclined to Vaishnavism are Vaishnava Puranas; similarly, there are Shaiva and Shakta...

Swaminatha Aiyar – a Shaiva pundit and Tamil scholar, discovered two copies of it in 1880 at the encouragement of the chief abbot of a Shaiva Hindu monastery...

Tirumalai, "There appears to have been no sectarian segregation of the Shaiva (Ēkadaṇḍi) and Srivaishnava (Tridandi Sannyāsins)". Professor Kiyokazu Okita...

including Devirammanahalli and Kallahalli village. Nanjangud has been a major Shaiva centre for nearly a thousand years. Western Ganga dynasty Kings in the 9th–10th...

to faint in turn. When Vasuki understood what had transpired, he sent a Shaiva serpent goddess, Manasa, to face Dhanvantari. Manasa sent the disciples...

surviving Sanskrit manuscripts on palm leaves is of the Parameshvaratantra, a Shaiva Siddhanta text of Hinduism. It is from the 9th century, and dated to about...

in the Agamic (Tantra) literature such as the Adi Shaiva Brahmins, Sri Vaishnava Brahmins and Shaiva Kashmiri Pandits. However, these identities are not...

scriptures or cultural traditions among the Hindus, particularly of the Shaivas and Smarta Brahmins. The banalinga is also called the Svayambhu (self-born)...

a hill in Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu, and one of the five main Shaiva holy places in South India. The Arunachalesvara Temple to Shiva is located...

chose to defend and popularize Shaiva Hinduism against missionary polemics, in part by bringing ancient Tamil and Shaiva literature to wider attention...

Sthalams, one of the 276 sacred Saivite temples glorified in medieval Tamil Shaiva literature. It is celebrated in canonical Tamil devotional works such as...

Upanishads of Hinduism. It is associated with the Rigveda. It is one of 14 Shaiva (Shiva-related) Upanishads. The Upanishad describes akshamala (rosary) and...

ancestral deities that are worshipped by particular clans. Kuladaivams of the Shaiva tradition are often considered to be forms of Shiva and Parvati, while those...

the Garuda Purana also includes significant sections with reverence for Shaiva, Shakti, and Smarta traditions, including the Panchayatana puja of Vishnu...

defined as whole of the existence, manifest and unmanifest. According to Shaiva Siddhanta, Pati (the supreme being), Pashu (atmans) and Pasha are eternal...

against them. Kumar was initially religious, till 2017 being a practising Shaiva Hindu who regularly visited shrines and temples across the country, including...

Vijayanagara literature was produced in the Vijayanagara Empire during a golden age of literature in South India in general. The rulers patronised Kannada...

(Tamil: செல்லப்பா சுவாமிகல் நல்லூர்; 1840–1915) was a 20th-century Sri Lankan Shaiva Hindu Sage. He was the guru of Satguru Yogaswami and was the 160th Jagadacharya...

Paadal Petra Sthalam are the 276 Shiva temples glorified in the works of the Shaiva Nayanars. Of the 108 temples, 105 are in India, one is in Nepal, and the...

according to the sectarian views found in these texts: Vaishnava, Shakta, Shaiva, Saura, Ganapatya and non-sectarian. The most significant texts among the...

and demonesses and killing all of them. Other scholars say that they are Shaiva goddesses. They are also connected with the worship of warrior god Kartikeya...

recension than the one of Adi Shankara. He interprets its teachings in the Shaiva Advaita (monism) tradition quite similar to Adi Shankara, but with the difference...

markings worn across the world. Chapter 2 of the Kalagni Rudra Upanishad, a Shaiva traditional text, explains the three lines of a Tilaka as a reminder of...

 875–925 CE) who wrote the Shiva Sutras which laid the foundation for a monistic Shaiva system called Kashmir Shaivism. After the dawn of the Lohara dynasty, Islam...

agriculture themselves. The Chenchus are primarily Hindus. The legendary Shaiva saint Kannappa is also a Chenchu and is revered in Hindu Shaivic traditions...

Bhedabheda Mahanubhava Ekasarana Dharma Akshar Purushottam Darshan Shaivite Shaiva Siddhanta Pratyabhijna Panchartika Pramanavada Shakti Vishishtadvaita Shiva...

of Shiva. Being a shaiva or follower of Shiva they are called 'adave' in local language. In olden times they were referred as Shaiva Brahmins. Even the...

believed in Shaiva tradition to have amassed knowledge and recognition through direct realization. He was a native of Kashmir and a Shaiva. It is unclear...

of trade with South Indian. The Periya Puranam is part of the corpus of Shaiva canonical works. Periya Tirumadal ( பெரிய திருமடல் ) : A Vaishnava work...

Raseśvara was a Shaiva philosophical tradition which "arose about the commencement of the Christian era" (1st century CE). It advocated the use of mercury...

Vishnu Bhagavata Naradiya Garuda Padma Vamana Varaha Purana Kurma Matsya Shaiva puranas Shiva Linga Skanda Vayu Agni Shakta puranas Devi Bhagavata Itihasa...

as three separate aspects of Shiva. Another important sect of Shaivism, Shaiva Siddhanta, a school that show both Monistic and dualistic qualities, describes...

centers around the worship of the deities belonging to six āgama schools: Shaiva Shakta Vaishnava Kaumaram Ganapatya Saura Philosophically, all are seen...

kilometres (220 mi) between Mathura and Reh, the discovery suggests that the Shaiva influence was pan-Ganges valley. The Reh linga adds to the extensive Brahmanical...

lending a superior account to their supreme deity (depending on Vaishnava, Shaiva, and Shakta traditions) in their literature. Daksha was one of the Prajapati...

iconography), as has been described in the Agamas, particularly in the Shaiva Siddhanta tracts of Southern India, and in the Silpa texts. The Uma–Maheshvara...

Bhasmajabala Upanishad (Sanskrit: भस्मजाबाल उपनिषत्) is one of the minor Shaiva Upanishads of Hinduism written in Sanskrit language. It is associated with...

Vishnu Bhagavata Naradiya Garuda Padma Vamana Varaha Purana Kurma Matsya Shaiva puranas Shiva Linga Skanda Vayu Agni Shakta puranas Devi Bhagavata Itihasa...

Spirituality can be pursued along with active life (karma), according to Shaiva traditions, and it believes that this does not hinder ones ability to journey...

Bhedabheda Mahanubhava Ekasarana Dharma Akshar Purushottam Darshan Shaivite Shaiva Siddhanta Pratyabhijna Panchartika Pramanavada Shakti Vishishtadvaita Shiva...

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the Shaiva Siddhanta school of philosophy of Shaivism sect of Hinduism is prevalent in the North of Sri Lanka. Yogaswami belonged to the Shaiva Siddhanta...

Vishnu Bhagavata Naradiya Garuda Padma Vamana Varaha Purana Kurma Matsya Shaiva puranas Shiva Linga Skanda Vayu Agni Shakta puranas Devi Bhagavata Itihasa...

plains of India. The Moth is a unique monastery with rare combination of Shaiva and Tibetan Buddhist culture. The third Panchen Lama wanted to restore the...

in Lombok and Tuan Guru Semeru in Sumbawa. He was a Hindu priest of the Shaiva sect who was born in Java during the final period of the Majapahit Kingdom...

rule extended from Malwa to the oceans of Kutch in western India. He was Shaiva. The one of his grant, to a temple of Śiva, has for its Dútaka the illustrious...

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Shiva in Hindu iconography. These forms are described in the Shaiva Agamas of the southern Shaiva Siddhanta sect of Shaivism. The Sritattvanidhi calls these...

inscriptions of the mid-6th century CE in the region mention the Hindu Shaiva king Teevardeva and 8th-century king Shivagupta Balarjuna establishing temples...

pronunciation: [mǐˀ səːn]) is a cluster of abandoned and partially ruined Shaiva Hindu temples in central Vietnam, constructed between the 4th and the 13th...

of Shiva that are revered in Tevaram (7th century canonical work by the Shaiva Nayanar saints). The presiding deity in all the temples is called Veerateeswarar...

It is attached to the Krishna Yajurveda, and classified as one of the 14 Shaiva Upanishads. The text is notable for asserting that Dakshinamurti is an aspect...

Purana, some scholars such as Dowson have also interpreted this Purana as a Shaiva Purana. The Purana consists of twelve cantos with 318 chapters. Along with...

groupings were under Vishnu or Shiva, with the followers known as vaishnava and shaiva respectively. The followers of any of the Hindu goddesses honoured as the...

song, dance, sacred muttering etc. Indian philosophy Kashmir Shaivism Shaiva Siddhanta Lorenzen, David N. Śaivism. An Overview, [in]: Gale's Encyclopedia...

Pournami in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, especially by followers of Kaumaram and Shaiva Siddhanta. Devotees observe fasting, worship Murugan, and break their fast...

towards the destroyer deity. Shiva is described to have broken this axe. In Shaiva tradition, the sage Narayana performed great penances at the holy spot of...

movement also drew on numerous Mahayana streams of thought as well as on Shaiva Tantra to develop its systems of thought and practice. In a similar fashion...

ISBN 978-0945497974. Search: Siddhi. Danielou, Alain (1987). While the Gods Play: Shaiva Oracles and Predictions on the Cycles of History and the Destiny of Mankind;...

Sampradaya Pushtimarg Mahanubhava Ramanandi Warkari Swaminarayan Shaivism Shaiva Siddhanta Ganapatya Kashmiri Kapalika Kaumaram Lingayatism Nath Balinese...

presence of this practice in all categories of Puranas, be it Vaishnava, Shaiva or Shakta is a thorough testament to the fact of it being a widely popular...

the Pashupata Sutras) Ganakarika Ratnatika of Bhasarvajna In Shaiva Siddhanta: 28 Shaiva Agamas Tirumurai (canon of 12 works) Meykandar Shastras (canon...

the 31 Upanishads associated with the Atharvaveda. It is classified as a Shaiva Upanishad focussed on god Rudra. The Upanishad is notable for asserting...

centuries, became influential throughout India by the 12th to 15th centuries. Shaiva and Vaishnava bhakti traditions integrated aspects of the Yoga Sutras (such...

classic Mahābhashya. Patanjali is one of the 18 siddhars in the Tamil siddha (Shaiva) tradition. According to Monier Monier-Williams, the word "Patañjali" is...

metallic images of Ganapathi (elephant god), sage Agastya, and the three Shaiva saints: Appar, Sambandar, and Sundarar. The temple also has an image of...

Bhedabheda Mahanubhava Ekasarana Dharma Akshar Purushottam Darshan Shaivite Shaiva Siddhanta Pratyabhijna Panchartika Pramanavada Shakti Vishishtadvaita Shiva...

Vaishnava tradition, just as the Tripundra has been associated with the Shaiva tradition. The Padma Purana explains the theological significance of this...

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hagiographical accounts appear with alleged Jain attempts to kill and torture the Shaiva child prodigy Sambandar followed by the alleged impalement of the Jains...

India, gradually spread in the south under the impetus of artisan class Shaiva mystics, the Nayanars.[citation needed] Lakulisha Pashupata has been identified...

the four sites are Vaishnava (Puri, Dwarka and Badrinath) while one is Shaiva (Rameswaram). The Chota Char Dham appeared in the second half of the 20th...

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is attached to the Krishna Yajurveda and classified under one of the 14 Shaiva Upanishads. The Upanishad states that Rudra and Uma are the ultimate reality...

for Markandeya worshipping Kalasamhara Murti. Although Thirukadaiyur is a Shaiva temple, it contains an old Vaishnava temple. The gods in this temple are...

Bhedabheda Mahanubhava Ekasarana Dharma Akshar Purushottam Darshan Shaivite Shaiva Siddhanta Pratyabhijna Panchartika Pramanavada Shakti Vishishtadvaita Shiva...

Bhairava's image. Also depicted in his right hand is the symbolic weapon that Shaiva scriptures states Shiva used to kill the destructive elephant demon. A hand...

without entering Madurai. Historically, the Meenakshi festival related to Shaiva sect was celebrated separately in the Masi month and the Aḻagar festival...

Dharmakīrti," and “the Great Brahmin.” Śaṅkaranandana is cited by both Kashmiri Shaiva authors like Abhinavagupta and by Tibetan Buddhist authors and translators...

elite, especially the Vellalar, follow the religious ideology of Shaiva Siddhanta (Shaiva school) while the masses practice folk Hinduism, upholding their...

philosophy, along with nisiddhakarma and kamyakarma. It is also featured in the Shaiva Siddhanta philosophy. According to Parasara, the six activities are regarded...

Faculty of Unani Unani Faculty of Abhinavgupt Institute of Aesthetics and Shaiva Philosophy Abhinavgupt Institute of Aesthetics and Shaiva Philosophy...

Bhaktavatsalam was born to C. N. Kanakasabhapati Mudaliar and his wife Mallika in a Shaiva Vellalar family of Nazarethpet or Nazareth village, Madras Presidency. His...

Rama to Hanuman, it is listed at serial number 50. It is one of the 14 Shaiva Upanishads. The Upanishad eulogizes Shiva as the lord of the world who incarnates...

(verses) and recited daily or on special festivals like Maha Shivaratri by Shaivas, the worshippers of Shiva. The Shiva Chalisa's first stanza extols the...

Shuddhadvaita Vishishtadvaita Navya-Nyāya Sikh Philosophy Shaiva Pratyabhijna Pashupata Shaivism Shaiva Siddhanta Modern Integral yoga Gandhism Radical Humanism...

temples of South Asia, and Southeast Asia such as in the early medieval era Shaiva temples on Java Indonesia. He is the principal figure and Guru in the ancient...

(Haladhara) as the four emanations. The Linga Purana, the Shiva Purana and the Shaiva Khanda Book of the Skanda Purana mention Vishnu taking the Varaha form in...

The grant was issued to Acharya of Amardaka Santana of Vimkala village (Shaiva sect). It also mentions his ancestors; Vikramarka, Addaka, Pulakeshin, Dhruvabhata...

Revanasiddeshwara Betta/Revanasiddeshwara Hill (Kannada: ರೇವಣಸಿದ್ಧೇಶ್ವರ ಬೆಟ್ಟ), is a Shaiva temple in India. It is situated 3,066 feet (935 m) above sea level, located...

"City of temples". Adi Kumbeswarar Temple is considered to be the oldest Shaiva (the sect of the god Shiva) shrine in the town, believed to be constructed...

Shakti, the consort of Shiva. Kalika is one of the main goddess for the Shaiva sect. The temple courtyard has four entrances in each of the cardinal directions...

Dīkṣitars or Thillai Vazh Anthaanar are a Vedic Shaiva Brahmin servitor community of Tamil Nadu, India, who are based mainly in the town of Chidambaram...

Achintya Bheda Abheda Dvaitadvaita Dvaita Vedanta Integral yoga Pratyabhijna Shaiva Siddhanta Shiva Advaita Shuddhadvaita Vishishtadvaita Diwali Holi Shivaratri...

Sampradaya Pushtimarg Mahanubhava Ramanandi Warkari Swaminarayan Shaivism Shaiva Siddhanta Ganapatya Kashmiri Kapalika Kaumaram Lingayatism Nath Balinese...

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twelve-volume collection Tirumurai, a Shaiva narrative of epic and Puranic heroes, as well as a hagiographic account of early Shaiva saints set in devotional poetry...

Kutralanathar Temple. The presiding deities are revered in the 7th-century Tamil Shaiva canonical work, the Tevaram, written by Tamil saint poets known as the nayanars...

marked by a hare”. The association appears in Vedic hymns, epic poetry, and Shaiva theological texts. The deity Shiva is often depicted with a crescent moon...

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Tribeniswar Temple is a Shaiva pitha of Odisha in India. This is one of a Patalaphuta Shivalinga temple dedicated to lord Shiva and located at Chasakhanda...

ritually tied with red-, golden-, saffron- or similarly hued threads. The Shaiva temple architecture texts generally use the term kautuka for this auspicious...

simultaneously. Indologist Doris Srinivasan states that in both Vaishnava and Shaiva imagery, the Chaturbhuja form is regarded to be the manifestation of a deity...

yoga. The earliest textual mention of mūla bandha is in the 12th century Shaiva Natha text Gorakṣaśataka which defines it as a yogic technique to achieve...

Bhedabheda Mahanubhava Ekasarana Dharma Akshar Purushottam Darshan Shaivite Shaiva Siddhanta Pratyabhijna Panchartika Pramanavada Shakti Vishishtadvaita Shiva...

(crown of the head), which correspond to four of the seven chakras in the Shaiva Mantramarga universe, namely Svadhisthana, Anahata, Visuddha, and Sahasrara...

Lanka [2] Shaiva manuscript in Puducherry 2005 Manuscripts It is the largest collection in the world of manuscripts of texts of the Shaiva Siddhanta....

the human and the divine. Yoginis, divine or human, belong to clans; in Shaiva, among the most important are the clans of the 8 Mothers (matris or matrikas)...

natural. Tirumular, the Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta scholar, credited with creating "Vedanta–Siddhanta" (Advaita Vedanta and Shaiva Siddhanta synthesis), stated...

‘n’), which refers to the creator god. Shaivites hold that, according to Shaiva Agama, Shiva performs five actions: creation, preservation, dissolution...

of the Shakti Peethas. The presiding deity is revered in the 7th century Shaiva canonical work, the Tevaram, written in Tamil by saint poets known as the...

on a daily basis. The priests of the Bhikshadanar shrine belong to the Shaiva community, while the priests of Purushothamar are from Vaishnava community...

Tiruvasagam, and the 8th book of the Tirumurai, a canonical text of the Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta. The songs form part of the pavai ritual for unmarried young girls...

Bhakta Sampradaya, which represents a combination of certain Vaishnava, Shaiva and Shakta philosophies. The followers not only adhere to multiple sets...

Vishnu Bhagavata Naradiya Garuda Padma Vamana Varaha Purana Kurma Matsya Shaiva puranas Shiva Linga Skanda Vayu Agni Shakta puranas Devi Bhagavata Itihasa...

the 1954 Kannada movie Bedara Kannappa which was based on the life of the Shaiva devotee, Kannappa. The film stars Krishnam Raju in the title role, along...

inscriptions are in Prakrit language. These are short inscriptions that are Shaiva names, likely of pilgrims or monks from the Shiva tradition of Hinduism...

Vishnu Bhagavata Naradiya Garuda Padma Vamana Varaha Purana Kurma Matsya Shaiva puranas Shiva Linga Skanda Vayu Agni Shakta puranas Devi Bhagavata Itihasa...

The temple is one of the few temples which is held in reverence by both Shaivas, the adherents of Shiva and Vaishnavas, the adherents of Vishnu. In Vaikom...

inscriptions contradict this by providing references to kalamukhas (staunch Shaiva ascetics), pasupatas and lokayatas (followers of Pasupatha doctrine) who...

time, the couple were childless. Anjana propitiated Vayu for a child. In Shaiva tradition, Shiva was requested to beget a son to help Vishnu, who was about...

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principles, above Shiva, and above Brahma. This Upanishadic text competes with Shaiva Upanishads, such as the Atharvashikha Upanishad and Atharvashiras Upanishad...

and the goddess is also usually portrayed as sitting on the flower. A Shaiva myth describes Vishnu's worship of Shiva with 1008 lotus flowers, offering...

history of Hindu religion, art, and architecture.[vague][citation needed] The Shaiva saint Appar's sister Thilakavathiyar was living in Thiruvathigai during...

lineage, a position of authority in Saivism. He follows the Shaivism sect (Shaiva Siddhanta) of Hinduism. He belongs to Nandinatha Sampradaya's Kailasa Parampara...

Vishnu Bhagavata Naradiya Garuda Padma Vamana Varaha Purana Kurma Matsya Shaiva puranas Shiva Linga Skanda Vayu Agni Shakta puranas Devi Bhagavata Itihasa...

compiled in the Sri Vaishnava canon, called the Naalayira Divya Prabandham. Shaiva chronicles of this genre tell of the origins and traditions of particular...

Bhedabheda Mahanubhava Ekasarana Dharma Akshar Purushottam Darshan Shaivite Shaiva Siddhanta Pratyabhijna Panchartika Pramanavada Shakti Vishishtadvaita Shiva...

and in Ujjain. There he superintended the Shaiva monasteries, gained certain Paramara chieftains for the Shaiva faith and wrote a textbook on explaining...

Lord of the skulls. The iconography of Bhikshatana is discussed in all Shaiva Agamic texts, including Amshumadbhedagama, Kamikagama, Supredagama, Karanagama...

from Jainism to Shaivism. His work Mattavilasa Prahasana ridicules certain Shaiva sects and the Buddhists and expresses contempt for Jain ascetics. The Yadava...

texts from this period suggest that the significance of the Agama texts and Shaiva Bhakti movement was strengthening within the Chola leadership and thought...

he wondered whether Shaiva Hinduism or Christianity was the right path. After his studies, he became convinced that the Shaiva religious tradition in...

the goddess of fertility and marriage rites and was assimilated into the Shaiva pantheon, related to the god Shiva. Myths glorified her by describing that...

A c. 8th century CE Shaiva Hindu temple complex in the Himalayas of Kashmir...

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a Shaiva guru and initiating members into Saiva Siddhanta scriptures and mandalas. The Samvara tantra texts adopted the pitha list from the Shaiva text...

his patronage of Jain institutions. Several prominent Jain, Brahmin and Shaiva poets and scholars flourished under the Hoysalas, and important Jain and...

revered by the hymns of Thiruppugallh, composed by Arunagirinathar, the Tamil Shaiva Saint-Poet. This temple is located at an altitude of about 125.21 metres...

the temple complex attracting devotees of Krishna (Vishnu), as well as Shaiva and Shakti Hindus. The temple has three shrines. The oldest and the main...

Tamil Nadu, India. Vedaranyeswarar is revered in the 7th-century-CE Tamil Shaiva canonical work, the Tevaram, written by Tamil saint poets known as the Nayanars...

their religion, tradition, and culture. Most Sri Lankan Hindus follow the Shaiva Siddhanta school of Shaivism, and some follow Shaktism. Sri Lanka is home...

Vishnu Bhagavata Naradiya Garuda Padma Vamana Varaha Purana Kurma Matsya Shaiva puranas Shiva Linga Skanda Vayu Agni Shakta puranas Devi Bhagavata Itihasa...

absolute reality. Sunya and sunyatisunya are concepts which appear in some Shaiva texts, such as the Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra, which contains several verses...

Vishnu Bhagavata Naradiya Garuda Padma Vamana Varaha Purana Kurma Matsya Shaiva puranas Shiva Linga Skanda Vayu Agni Shakta puranas Devi Bhagavata Itihasa...

Vishnu Bhagavata Naradiya Garuda Padma Vamana Varaha Purana Kurma Matsya Shaiva puranas Shiva Linga Skanda Vayu Agni Shakta puranas Devi Bhagavata Itihasa...

21.951415°N 83.02549°E / 21.951415; 83.02549 Architecture Type Hindu Shaiva temple architecture (Nagara Style) Creator Gupta dynasty Completed Gupta...

Bhedabheda Mahanubhava Ekasarana Dharma Akshar Purushottam Darshan Shaivite Shaiva Siddhanta Pratyabhijna Panchartika Pramanavada Shakti Vishishtadvaita Shiva...

is from this that the dance derives its name. Their dance is related to Shaiva myth. 'Thamma' (an old woman) walks in front with the help of a stick. Thamma...

Daivathar and Kiratha sunu (Vettakkorumakan). Within the inner courtyard are Shaiva, Vaishnava, and Shaktheya sanctums. There is also a shrine of Thondachan...

along with the Vedas, the Shaiva Agamas and "Meykanda" or "Siddhanta" Shastras, form the scriptural canon of Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta. As a youth, prior...

Nilkanth Gurtoo (1925–2008) was a Kashmiri Sanskrit & Shaiva scholar and professor who translated many philosophical texts into Hindi or English. Nilkanth...

to Saiva Āgamas, scriptures of the Saiva religious tradition called the Shaiva Siddhanta, which has flourished in South India since the eighth century BCE...

tradition. The important theological texts relating to Kumara are a part of the Shaiva agama canon. This sub-tradition is found among the Tamils, Kannadigas, and...

days of the Tihar (or Diwali) festival. The festival is observed by the Shaiva Hindus, and is popularly known in Newar community as Gunhu Punhi. In Odisha...

The Kamika Agama is a Shaiva Agama text. It is the first and most prestigious of the 28 principal Śaiva Tantras, and it is authoritative in ritual performances...

the home ground of tantric practitioners such as the yogis and yoginis, Shaiva Kapalikas and Aghoris, shamans and sadhus. The charnel ground, often referred...

re-"discovery" by Europeans, the temple was an active place of worship by Shaivas and Vaishnavas. In 1891, a campaign was initiated, seeking the return of...

Bhedabheda Mahanubhava Ekasarana Dharma Akshar Purushottam Darshan Shaivite Shaiva Siddhanta Pratyabhijna Panchartika Pramanavada Shakti Vishishtadvaita Shiva...

elephants to Madurai. And as he there gave largely to the Brahmins, the Shaivas, the temples etc., rain came down as formerly, and the country was again...

For that reason, the Tyāga section of the Ramanandi ascetics, unlike some Shaiva ascetics, does not cut the sacred thread. Their reasoning for this is that...

in a love marriage. The consorts also represent a syncretism between the Shaiva and Vaishnava traditions, dedicated to Shiva and Vishnu, respectively. The...

philosophy lived and taught here in the fifth century BC. The city has 108 Shaiva and 18 Vaishnava temples. The Hindu philosopher Ramanujacharya (1077–1157...

Balajiwale (13 July 2015). "Project Trimbak, not Nashik, as the place for Kumbh: Shaiva akhadas". DNA. Maclean 2008, pp. 128–129. 39 killed in Kumbh Mela stampede...

Paramathathan, had sent two mangoes to be kept for him. That day a hungry Shaiva devotee (Lord Bikshantar) came to her residence. Ammaiyar gave the devotee...

incarnations of Vishnu such as Rama and Krishna, Hanuman, Dattatreya, and Shaiva deities such as Shiva, Parvati, and Ganesha, are popular with Hindus of...

Sakkiyar, Chakkiyar, and Sakkiyanar) was a Nayanar saint, venerated in the Shaiva sect of Hinduism. He is generally counted as the thirty-fourth in the list...

community is divided into sects based on Sampradaya as Shaivas and Vaishnavas. While the Shaivas give preference to worshipping Shiva, the Vaishnavas give...

to study the metaphysics of Samkhya-yoga or the complex esotericism of Shaiva Tantra. Instead this "democratization of yoga" led to the teaching of these...

Kapalabhati Bhastrika Trataka Tapas Sādhanā Tantra Yogi Yogini Siddhi Mahasiddha Shaiva Siddhanta Laya Yoga Kundalini Sexual Yoga Hatha yoga Amaraugha Prabodha...

also described as part of a Shaiva triad alongside Srikanthacharya and Haradattacharya, who were key exponents of Shaiva philosophy.[page needed] Duquette...

works of the Shaiva saints Appar and Sambandar. The other indicative mention is found in the Tirukkural, a c. 5th-century Tamil text. In a Shaiva legend, the...

Despite being a Shaiva temple (related to god Shiva) it is well known for its friezes and panel relief that bare depictions from both the Shaiva and Vaishnava...

and are mainly Vaishnavas, though there is a significant proportion of Shaivas as well. They are Telugu speakers and are found largely in the state of...

incarnation of Shiva to facilitate the adoption of his teachings by previously Shaiva (Śaiva)-oriented Mathas (Maṭhas) in the Vijayanagara Empire. From the 14th...

elder sister of Lakshmi. Thus, Jyestha is also called Mudevi or Mudhevi. Shaiva Puranas extol her as one of eight portions of the Supreme Goddess (Parashakti)...

in yogic postures, probably meant to be a pair of yogis, Vaishnava and Shaiva. These paintings are attributed to the artist Govardhan. The album also...

twelve Tirumurais (books) are the devotional Tamil corpus in the Hindu Shaiva tradition in Tamil Nadu. The Tirumurukarruppatai was likely included in...

connectedness of everything). The followers of this philosophy are mostly Shaivas.[citation needed] Haribhadra Suri, in his work Ṣaḍdarśanasamuccaya describes...

many different traditions, including non-Buddhist traditions such as the Shaiva, Samkhya, Vaishnava, Jain, Vedic, and Puranic traditions. The Kālacakra...

Hinduism thrived like Southeast Asia. Old Tamil is the language of the Shaiva (Devaram) and Vaishnava (Divya Prabhandham) scriptures. Most of Carnatic...

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are also described in Shaivism texts, but unlike Vaishnava traditions, Shaiva traditions focus directly on Shiva rather than the avatar concept. Hindu...

Vishnu Bhagavata Naradiya Garuda Padma Vamana Varaha Purana Kurma Matsya Shaiva puranas Shiva Linga Skanda Vayu Agni Shakta puranas Devi Bhagavata Itihasa...

unorthodox Nathas, grew in popularity in the medieval period, the orthodox Shaivas sought to incorporate it within their soteriology, and thus may be an example...

This is where the Triyampawai ceremony is conducted, which is a Tamil Shaiva ritual. It was built more than 200 years ago. Apart from this there are...

praṇava, citing older scriptural injunctions to support the stance. In Shaiva traditions, the Shiva Purana highlights the relation between deity Shiva...

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Bhedabheda Mahanubhava Ekasarana Dharma Akshar Purushottam Darshan Shaivite Shaiva Siddhanta Pratyabhijna Panchartika Pramanavada Shakti Vishishtadvaita Shiva...

paths to God and of all religions, and, in particular, on the unity of the Shaiva Siddhanta and Vedanta. Here is one example of Thayumanavar's presentation...

Italian, edited by Raniero Gnoli, is now at its second edition. The Universal Shaiva Fellowship published Swami Lakshmanjoo's revelation and discussion of Tantrāloka...

Meenakshi (Parvati) and Shiva. The festival is one where both the Vaishnava and Shaiva communities join the celebrations, because Vishnu gives away his sister...

Arunagirinathar (Aruṇakirinātar, Tamil: [aɾuɳaɡɯɾɯn̪aːdar]) was a Tamil Shaiva saint-poet who lived during the 14th century in Tamil Nadu, India. In his...

Tantric traditions illustrates the strong influence of Samkhya on Tantra. Shaiva Siddhanta was identical to Samkhya in its philosophical approach, barring...

the Bhaktavijaya by Mahipati (1715 - 1790). Narahari Sonar was a staunch Shaiva (sect which considers the god Shiva as the Supreme Being), who lived in...

Indra. The Garuda Purana says that he performed many sacrifices. Another Shaiva tale from the Vishnu Purana tells at the time of the destruction of Daksha's...

Bhedabheda Mahanubhava Ekasarana Dharma Akshar Purushottam Darshan Shaivite Shaiva Siddhanta Pratyabhijna Panchartika Pramanavada Shakti Vishishtadvaita Shiva...

tradition is a syncretic Yoga and Vedanta schools of Hindu philosophy based Shaiva tradition, that reveres Shiva and Dattatreya. Its founding is attributed...

Vishnu Bhagavata Naradiya Garuda Padma Vamana Varaha Purana Kurma Matsya Shaiva puranas Shiva Linga Skanda Vayu Agni Shakta puranas Devi Bhagavata Itihasa...

Ramanuja, considered a saint in Sri Sampradaya, who fled persecution by the Shaiva Chola dynasty of Tamil Nadu, spent from 1098 to 1122 in Karnataka. He first...

about 210 kilometres (130 mi) from Bengaluru. The Hoysaleswara temple is a Shaiva monument, yet reverentially includes many themes from Vaishnavism and Shaktism...

from the Calukya (Early Chalukyas). Lakkundi flowered and grew with the Shaiva-tradition Hindu monarch Satyasraya Irivabedanga—the successor and son of...

teacher of his time, the celebrated Shaiva philosopher and literary exponent Abhinavagupta". Kshemendra was born a Shaiva, but later became a Vaishnava. He...

Indian Bhagavatism, Sadh Vaishnavism, ISKCON Balarama, Krishna Smartism, Shaiva Siddhanta, Sri Vaishnavism Balarama, Buddha Gaudiya Vaishnavism, ISKCON...

Meenakshi temple in Madurai. The scene of Kannappa's sacrifice is portrayed in Shaiva temple pillar reliefs of early Vijayanagara. M. Rama Rao (1970). Mohd. Abdul...

proposed a Yuga Cycle of 60,487 years in his book While the Gods Play: Shaiva Oracles and Predictions on the Cycles of History and the Destiny of Mankind...

Shakti, the consort of Shiva. Kalika is one of the main goddess for the Shaiva sect. The temple courtyard has four entrances in each of the cardinal directions...

Vishnu Bhagavata Naradiya Garuda Padma Vamana Varaha Purana Kurma Matsya Shaiva puranas Shiva Linga Skanda Vayu Agni Shakta puranas Devi Bhagavata Itihasa...

Swamy temple of Lord Shiva Lord Sri Rama temple Sri Bramarambha Mata Veera Shaiva Mattam temple The village is connected by rail and road. The village falls...

Siddha Mukundadeva, rejected the Vedas' authority. Likewise, some tantric Shaiva Agamas reject the Vedas. The Anandabhairava Tantra for example, states that...

Coomaraswamy explores the connection of pasha to worldly bonds. In the Shaiva Siddhanta school of Hinduism, pasha is part of the trinity Pati-pashu-pasha...

renunciation and monastic practice, the Yoga Upanishads related to Yoga, the Shaiva Upanishads which highlight aspects of Shaivism, and the Vaishnava Upanishads...

identification of Vithoba with Vishnu led to the transformation of the Shaiva (Shiva-related) Pundarika shrine into the Vaishnava shrine of the devotee...

east–a standard in Chalukyan constructions. Though it is currently used as a Shaiva temple dedicated to God Shiva, historians are unsure by which faith or sect...

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Bhedabheda Mahanubhava Ekasarana Dharma Akshar Purushottam Darshan Shaivite Shaiva Siddhanta Pratyabhijna Panchartika Pramanavada Shakti Vishishtadvaita Shiva...

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as a source of stem cells in case of serious ailment. He is a practising Shaiva Hindu who prominently wears a rudraksha which, along with other religious...

energy and the great powers of Vishnu, and is hence Vishnu-Maya. Maya, to Shaiva Siddhanta sub-school of Hinduism, states Hilko Schomerus, is reality and...

only in consideration of the specific actions of beings. Sambandar of the Shaiva Siddhanta school (7th century C.E.) discusses karma in his hymns on devotion...

The Dakshinamurti Stotra (Sanskrit: दक्षिणामूर्तिस्तोत्र, romanized: Dakṣiṇāmūrtistotra) is a Sanskrit religious hymn (stotra) to Shiva attributed to Adi...

Parvati reconciled with the sage and blessed him. The seventh-century Shaiva Nayanar saint Appar mentions that after marrying Parvati, Shiva incorporated...

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torana (entrance). The other noted sculptures are naga-nagini sthambha, shaiva dvarapalas on the entrance doorjambs, and lakulisas on the lintel of entrance...

Thirumunaipadi, in present-day Indian state of Tamil Nadu. They belonged to Adi Shaiva sub-sect of Shaivism and belonged to the Brahmin (priest) caste. They are...

saints that date back to the period 5th to the 10th century CE and the Shaiva Nayanars that date back to the period 7th to the 10th century CE provide...

the concept of the word in selected Hindu Tantras. The SUNY series in the Shaiva traditions of Kashmir. Albany: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-0257-3...

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spurred the construction of numerous temples and these in turn generated Shaiva and Vaishnava devotional literature. Jain and Buddhist authors flourished...

universe, even of death itself, the Ananda Tandava depicts him as joyful. In Shaiva Siddhanta tradition, Shiva as Nataraja (lit. "King of dance") is considered...

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Newar community, many different esoteric Tantric followers of Buddhist, Shaiva, and Vaishnava denominations are practiced. In this regard, followers of...

Tirukōnamalai had been dedicated". In India there exists three other important Shaiva shrines named Gokarna. The Gokarna Shiva temple in Kalinga (modern day Orissa)...

Sutras to Vasugupta. Kashmir Saivism claimed to supersede the dualistic Shaiva Siddhanta. Somananda, the first theologian of monistic Saivism, was the...

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century CE onwards and helped revive Hinduism. Many of the Nayanmars, the Shaiva saints, were Vellalar. In the 12th century CE, saint Sekkilan Mahadevadigal...

and expositions of Jain doctrine. Prakrit is also the language of some Shaiva tantras and Vaishnava hymns. Besides being the primary language of several...

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Sri Moolastaneswara Swamy Temple is the oldest Sri Shaiva Kshetra, from 11th Century. It is located at Mulapeta on the west side of Nellore, Andhra Pradesh...

Ganesha. Tamil saint and Nayanmar Tirumular gives a varied explanation in his Shaiva treatise Tirumantiram. In the fourth section of the tenth Thirumurai, he...

of the hut where he lived for 50 years. He followed the Shaivism sect (Shaiva Siddhanta) of Hinduism, which is prevalent in South India, Sri Lanka and...

Routledge, ISBN 978-0700713318, page 292 Michaels 2004, pp. 252–256. A term in Shaiva Hindu religiosity, referring to an individual who is always on the go, seeking...

Vishnu, after the churning of the milk sea. Sivagama corpus of southern Shaiva Siddhanta including Pūrva Kāraṇa, Amṣūmatbhēda, Suprabhēda, also have many...

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The mathas belonged to Jains, Shaivas, Vaishnavas, and Buddhists. The Kedareshwara matha belonging to the Kalamukha Shaivas and the Kodiya matha was well...

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earth as a vanara princess and married Kesari, a vanara chief. In some Shaiva traditions, Vayu, the god of the wind, carried the divine power of Shiva...

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he returns to Vaikuntha after assuming his true form as Vishnu. In the Shaiva tradition, Shiva assumed the form of Sharabha, a bird-lion hybrid form with...

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as mukhya, 21 as Sāmānya Vedānta, 18 as Sannyāsa, 14 as Vaishnava, 14 as Shaiva, 8 as Shakta, and 20 as Yoga. The 108 Upanishads as recorded in the Muktikā...

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Kalaripayattu. The Kamika Agama 5th century CE South Indian ancient text from the Shaiva Agama tradition, discusses the construction of the Khaloorika as a place...

ruler defeated the Pandyas and captured the kingdom. He persecuted the Shaivas and attempted to forcibly convert them to Jainism. However, Murthi Nayanar...

is still extant. The Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa states that mantras taught in the Shaiva, Garuda and Vaishnava tantras will be effective if applied by Buddhists...

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celebrated him, after which Narasimha went to Vaikuntha. However Vaishnava and Shaiva scriptures tell a story, one that includes Vishnu and Shiva. In this story...

theistic themes to a synthesis of Vaishnava ideas with Advaitic, Yoga, Shaiva and Shakti themes. The Bhagavad Gita is a central text in Vaishnavism, and...

from Joshimath to Kartikeyapura, a large number of followers of estoric shaiva sects like the Lakulisha, Nath (Kanphata), Jangam, Vairagi, Sanyasi also...

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Shiva. The temple and the town are considered a holy pilgrimage site for Shaivas and Vaishnavas. Rameswaram is the second closest point from which to reach...

the prominent position inside the sanctum. The place is the birthplace of Shaiva saint Nambiyandar Nambi. Though he was named Nambi after the presiding deity...

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Ramaswamy Pillai), from whom he gained deep insight into yoga, Vedanta, and Shaiva Siddhanta. Through Arulparananda's teaching on equality, he developed the...

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Shiva temple, according to an inscription dated 973 CE, was built by the Shaiva ascetic Bhavarakta, during the reign of the Chahamana king Vigraharaja I...

Mascarenhas notes that this rural guardian spirit was later assimilated into the Shaiva pantheon, his nude form symbolically merged with the liṅga of Shiva. Śivapurāṇa...

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killed him. His name is a reference to the Aghori (Sanskrit Aghora), ascetic Shaiva sadhus in Hinduism. Note: unlike "Pavo" (or the Peacock), which is a constellation...

evidence the existence of Advaita-Smarta mathas (monasteries), as well as Shaiva and Vaishnava monasteries – both Sri Vaishnavism and Dvaita Vaishnavism...

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earliest stone inscription which records of the twenty eight Saivagamas (Shaiva saints) in which the Pallava King Rajasimhavarman states his faith in Shaivism...

generally identify Rajasekhara with Cheraman Perumal Nayanar, the venerated Shaiva (Nayanar) poet-musician of the Bhakti tradition. Rajasekhara is believed...

conversion by the Portuguese. A Jain Rani helped to build and renovate many Shaiva, Vaishnava and Shakti temples. The Rani also assisted in the renovation...

(Palasika) in the Kalinga region. Most of the early Western Gangas were Shaivas, just like the early and the later Eastern Gangas of Kalinga were. Also...

the most important ritual in Shakta Tantra, particularly in West Bengal. Shaiva Aghoris from Varanasi are also known to practice this ritual. Shava sadhana...

basis. Like other Shiva temples of Tamil Nadu, the priests belong to the Shaiva community, a Brahmin sub-caste. The temple rituals are performed six times...

on a daily basis. The priests of the Bhikshadanar shrine belong to the Shaiva community, while the priests of Purushothamar are from Vaishnava community...

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M. (1981). Ancient Kashmir: A Historical Perspective. Gulshan. p. 15. Shaiva, Pirzada Ghulam Rasool (2021). The Wonderful Miracles of Sufi Saints of...

Asura king from Hindu mythology. Mahabali may also refer to: Mahabali, a Shaiva demon defeated by goddess Durga, after whom the temple of Mahabaleswar in...

Publ. ISBN 978-81-85217-01-7. Jagadish Chandra Chatterji (1914). Kashmir Shaivaism. SUNY Press. pp. 156–. ISBN 978-0-88706-179-0. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date...

tradition, prescribes acting as a Saiva guru and initiating members into Shaiva Siddhanta scriptures and mandalas. Due to the text's radical methodology...

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dress. The empire's founders, Harihara I and Bukka Raya I, were devout Shaivas (worshippers of Shiva), but made grants to the Vaishnava order of Sringeri...

Saura, #23 is of Durga in her Mahishasuramardini form, #25 to #28 are of Shaiva tradition. Reliefs on the outer wall upper side The reliefs showing common...

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Sthalam by comparison are 276 temples that are revered in the verses of Shaiva Nayanars in the 6th-9th century CE. The Tevaram is the collection of verses...

Government of Kerala. The rites and rituals of the festival is a symbol of Shaiva-Vaishnava-shakteya communal harmony. Rohini Aradhana is considered one of...

other Shaivism-related Puranas, the Shiva Purana dedicates chapters to Shaiva-Advaita philosophy, advocating it as a system for moksha. The text also...

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Chola dynasty. This period was one of pluralistic beliefs, where Vaishnava, Shaiva, Smarta traditions, Buddhism and Jainism thrived together. In Hindu monastic...

Sampradaya Pushtimarg Mahanubhava Ramanandi Warkari Swaminarayan Shaivism Shaiva Siddhanta Ganapatya Kashmiri Kapalika Kaumaram Lingayatism Nath Balinese...

Siddha Sampradaya of Shaiva Siddhanta) Meykandar Sampradaya parampara of guru Meykandar (now known as Saiva Adheenams of Shaiva Siddhanta in South India)...

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works. His Thiruvasagam Book is considered one of the precious books of Shaiva hymns. Madurai-Melur-Tirupattur-Karaikudi New BG Line: As sanctioned by...

cosmic function as the force that activates and sustains life. In various Shaiva traditions, Parvati is also regarded as a model devotee, and even viewed...

Shankara, and celebrate all the festivals of the Mysore region. They have Shaiva, Vaishnava and Shakta leanings. Prasad, Leela (2012). Poetics of Conduct:...

inscription is one of the earliest epigraphical evidence of a developed Shaiva initiation tradition. The inscription was found in 1928 on the central section...

the Mukhya Shivaganas (attendants of Shiva) are 108 in number and hence Shaiva religions, particularly Lingayats, use malas of 108 beads for prayer and...

Range in the middle of the Malwa region. It has a long and glorious past. Shaiva, Shakta, Jain, Vaishnav, Buddhists and Nath priests made Sehore a significant...

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Tirukalimedu are the Shiva temples in the city revered in Tevaram, the Tamil Shaiva canonical work of the 7th–8th centuries. The Kumarakottam Temple, dedicated...

Further, roravana is Sanskrit for "loud roaring." In Abhinava Gupta's Krama Shaiva scripture, yāsām rāvanam is used as an expression to mean people who are...

Academic Council. In 1999 he was on the panel of "Seminar on Kashmir Shaivaism". He died on 7 September 2007. Amr̥tavāgbhava; Balajinnātha Paṇḍita (2020)...

reflecting "Hindu-Buddhist syncretism" of the 8th to 12th century when Shaiva and Shakti deities were integrated into Vajrayana Buddhism. The site of...

Indochinese Spirit house worship and the Philippine Diwata anito worship. The Shaiva Agamas refer to the Shakta Agamas and Kaula (Hinduism) tantras such as Yamala...

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daughter of Govasana and wife of Yudhishthira Shaivya, mother of Satyavan Shaiva, anything relating to the deity Shiva This disambiguation page lists articles...

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(mantras) by 7th century Indian Buddhism is also a response to Brahmanical and Shaiva influence. These included fire sacrifices, which were performed under the...

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a sister of a junior queen known as the "iron daughter" He reverted to Shaiva Siddhanta, the first since Devanampiya Tissa's conversion. He was reported...

scientist. Ramayanam Sarveswara Sastry, an Indian actor Sarveswara Satakam Shaiva Bhakti Satakam, a collection of Telugu poems written by Yathavakkula Annamayya...

The Nalvar (lit. 'The Four') of Shaiva Siddhanta – (from left) Sambandar, Appar and Sundarar, the three foremost Nayanars, and Manikkavacakar....

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features are similar to the way the mantra Om nama shivaya is depicted in Shaiva texts, since "both are concise vidyas, the hrdayas [heart] of their respective...

references to Rudra and Shiva, and the text in general, became important to Shaiva Siddhanta, and to Shaivism. Scholars state that while Rudra is an oft mentioned...

which laid the foundation for a monistic Shaiva system called Kashmir Shaivism. Dualistic interpretation of Shaiva scripture was defeated by Abhinavagupta...

as they are correctly pronounced); this theory was coopted by theistic Shaiva, Vaishnava, and Shakta traditions for their own non-Vedic mantras. Vaishnava...

been highly venerated over the centuries. In the early 16th century, the Shaiva Hindu community built a temple within the Ekambareeswara-Kamakshi (Shiva-Parvati)...

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century India, both sites also yielding hundreds of ancient rare coins with Shaiva and Vaishnava inscriptions from the dynasties of Andhra Ikshvakus and Vishnukundinas...

Hinduism. It is attached to the Samaveda, and classified as is one of the Shaiva Upanishads. It is a short Upanishad, and structured as a discourse between...

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basis. Like other Shiva temples of Tamil Nadu, the priests belong to the Shaiva community, a Brahmin sub-caste. The temple rituals are performed six times...

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is on a faux-jagati carved from the rock. In front are profiles of two Shaiva dvarapalas, deliberately mutilated and gouged out. Their elegant kati-vastras...

works like the Samvara and Guhyasamaja texts show direct borrowing from Shaiva tantric literature. However, other scholars such as Ronald M. Davidson question...

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for supporting Hinduism as well and built several temples dedicated to Shaiva and Vaishnava deities. Famous temples were built in places such as Pattadakal...

Rajasthan: Swarup & Sons. p. 43. ISBN 9788176258418. Parmara rulers were devout shaivas. Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya (2006). Studying Early India: Archaeology, Texts...

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are basically Vaishnava, but there are isolated examples of them being Shaivas also. In the field of spiritualism also Vijayvargias’ are known to have...

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of snakes. They carry a sword and a shield, and are often featured with Shaiva iconography. Dharmapala Dikpala Ayyanar Williams, Monier (1872). A Sanskrit-English...

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Tiruchenkattankudi. Later, Paranjothi renounced his violent ways and became a Shaiva monk known as Siruthondar, is venerated as a Nayanar saint today. However...

*   Padal petra stalam - where the three of the most revered Nayanars (Shaiva Saints), Appar, Sundarar, and Sambandar have glorified the Shiva temples...

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Ramanuja, considered a saint in Sri Sampradaya, fled from persecution by the Shaiva Chola dynasty of Tamil Nadu, and stayed in Karnataka from 1098 to 1122....

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is also found in Kumara Sambhava, a Telugu literature, by Nannechola, a Shaiva poet of the 12th century. There is also a mention of the deity in Kasikhanda...

see themselves not as "Hindu", but as Vaishnava (Worshippers of Vishnu), Shaiva (Worshippers of Shiva), or Shakta (Worshipper of the Shakti). Each of the...

Statue of Shiva at Murudeshwara; Shiva is frequently depicted wearing a pair of rudraksha malas in Shaiva Hindu iconography...

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prominence through the poems and teachings of the Vaishnava Alvars and Shaiva Nayanars before spreading northwards. It swept over east and north India...

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stratagem. Muthanathan arrived in Tirukkoyilur, disguised himself as a Shaiva ascetic (yogi). The guards let him through and finally he reached the king's...

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Kamika Agama allows Śūdras to wear the sacred thread & get initiated in the Shaiva Mantras. The large variation in age and changes to it over time was to accommodate...

Balajiwale (13 July 2015). "Project Trimbak, not Nashik, as the place for Kumbh: Shaiva akhadas". DNA. www.wisdomlib.org (20 April 2015). "Tryambaka, Tri-ambaka...

superimposed on a mountain and on a pre-existing mountain god while merging with Shaiva doctrines of worship. The area had been under the rule of the Turk Shahi...